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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 10, 2014Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland; Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2014, 1:28 PM EDT for Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland; Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2014, 1:28 PM EDT (17:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2014, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 50 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2014-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 566 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2014-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
566 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

754 
WGUS51 KPHI 101728
FFWPHI
DEC001-003-MDC029-035-102115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0003.140610T1728Z-140610T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
128 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE...
  EAST CENTRAL KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  NORTHEASTERN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  SOUTHWESTERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 121 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  SEVERAL AREAS OF HEAVY SHOWERS CONVERGING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN  
  NEW CASTLE COUNTY AND NORTHERN KENT COUNTY IN DELAWARE AS WELL AS  
  ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF KENT COUNTY AND QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN  
  MARYLAND. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE FALLING IN DELAWARE AND WERE     
  AFFECTING TRAVEL ON US 13 AND SR 300. TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE      
  ALREADY FALLEN IN SPOTS. ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SMYRNA...  
  WOODLAND BEACH...GREEN SPRING...DELANEY CORNER AND CLAYTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3935 7580 3936 7549 3932 7543 3921 7538
      3919 7538 3917 7540 3915 7578 3921 7585

$$

KRUZDLO

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 1:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent, Queen Anne's4 hr
Jun 10, 2:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHINew Castle3 hr
Jun 10, 3:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHINew Castle112 min
Jun 10, 4:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex3 hr
Jun 10, 4:46 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHINew Castle7 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Maryland, 2014Flash Flood Warnings in Delaware, 2014Every flash flood warning in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.